news & politics:discussion

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, lost said:

Gove seems to be the one the centrists are organising behind. I wonder if he's going to be the one to challenge in the next few months.

He always wanted the top job so I wouldn’t be surprised.

[ian the worm]

Cameron >May >Johnson >Truss >Gove  

 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, ian the worm said:

Cameron >May >Johnson >Truss >Gove  

 

People say he is actually competent, so he might not be the worst?

[Guest]

It’s not going well. 

[steviewevie]

Truss blaming Kwarteng for the 45p tax thing.

[steviewevie]

34 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

He always wanted the top job so I wouldn’t be surprised.

they going to have another leadership election with a month or so of hustings to the membeship turds and no working government to make decisions? Surely not.

[steviewevie]

I wonder if there will be a run on the pound after Kwarteng or Truss' speech?

[steviewevie]

and when did Gove become a centrist?

[Neil]

Just now, Barry Fish said:

Never thought I would say this but I would murder for Gove right now.

i would murder gove.

[Neil]

2 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

But then you get Mogg 😛 

haqng on theres still the full-on  ERG  nutters in the party, much worse than mogg.

Edited October 2, 2022 by Neil

[lost]

34 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

he has the brains to realise you can't do what is being done at the moment.

This week could get nasty. There seem to be alot of twitter rumours Credit Suisse and/or Deutsche Bank might be about to do what British pension funds nearly did when the market opens tomorrow.

It was always the rumour why the ECB waited so long to start raising rates.

Edited October 2, 2022 by lost

[ian the worm]

Cameron >May >Johnson >Truss >Gove >Mogg 

[squirrelarmy]

21 minutes ago, ian the worm said:

Cameron >May >Johnson >Truss >Gove >Mogg 

We’ll be in the workhouses by next summer. 

[Guest]

Gotta love the constant comparisons to other countries as if to downplay the effects of things in the U.K. Tory tactics 101. 

[pink_triangle]

1 hour ago, ian the worm said:

Cameron >May >Johnson >Truss >Gove  

 

Josh widdicombe noted that trend from Cameron to Truss and said the only way down is skeletor.

[Crazyfool01]

 

[Guest]

Day 1 of Tory conference and their Chairman has already come out told people to just get a higher paying job. Apparently it’s that easy!

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, Ozanne said:

People say he is actually competent, so he might not be the worst?

I admire how low the bar is at this point.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, pink_triangle said:

Josh widdicombe noted that trend from Cameron to Truss and said the only way down is skeletor.

I dunno. We'd be begging for a change with Skeletor as Prime Minister until we see Darth Vader is next in the queue.

[charlierc]

4 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Elections in Brazil start today...could be Bolsonaro out and the return of Lula. Voting is compulsory in Brazil. Very important elections for them and the world.

Bolsonaro is already threatening to refuse to go quietly a la Trump 2020/21 with this worrying impulse of people in a democracy acting as though results don't count when they lose. If it is over in one ballot today, it threatens to get ugly quickly.

[squirrelarmy]

35 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Darth Vader is next

Vader is fine. It’s Palpatine we need to worry about. 

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

Cracking video by the Labour Party.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Interesting article